Which launcher do you use? Paid or free version?

[Go Ogle]

Nova, paid version.

Uses for me: - use 3 homescreens only, I have no need for more than that.
- Gesture features: swipe down to bring notification shade down when on homescreen. Once you get used to that you never want to reach all the way up to pull it down, lol. Also swipe up for app drawer, let's me limit the number of dock icons I use.
- use custom folder and app icons, let's me set it up nicely like the screenshot i have below.
- ability to backup and restore multiple different settings and configurations.


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I'm not gonna lie, I love your homescreen. Is that minimilistic text? I've been trying to mess around with it to replace icons but they all come out looking really ugly.

 

[mth785]

I've paid for adw ex, nova and apex and apex is my preferred launcher.

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[peejay1977]

Currently using Nova launcher on mine and loving it so far


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[kobastal]

Nova paid. Between adding a column of icons and the gesture controls, I am down to one home screen doing almost everything I need.

 

[2defmouze]

I'm not gonna lie, I love your homescreen. Is that minimilistic text? I've been trying to mess around with it to replace icons but they all come out looking really ugly.

Lol thanks.. Used Simple Text to create the icons, takes about 10 seconds each if you aren't too particular haha. On the left homescreen I have the standard calendar widget, on the right one just a toggle widget for a flashlight. I like to keep things simple

 

[Saiga]

Interesting - perhaps things have changed with Android 4.2.

I did find the stock launcher with rotation enabled: Jelly Bean 4.2.1 OTA Launcher with rotation (deodexed apk) flashable - xda-developers. Give that a try.

Thank you very much for finding this. Your Google skills far surpass mine. I wasn't finding anything about it. Just to let everyone know, this does indeed work on the Nexus 4. The only problem is the flash able zip doesn't work and the guys instructions for pushing it don't work either.

What I did was transfer the launcher2.apk to internal storage. Then went to root explorer, went to system/app and renamed the old launcher2.apk. Then while still in root explore went to where I transfered the new launcher2.apk and copy pasted it to system/app. After I rebooted, I had landscape home screen. To be safe you might want to install a 3rd party launcher first. I didn't I just did a backup before I went screwing around.

I highly recommend it for anyone that would like to use the nexus 4 sideways while keeping the stock launcher.